Glove or shoe fastener



(No Model.)

W. B. CARPENTER.

GLOVE 0R SHOE PASTENER.

No. 256,198. Patented Apr. 11,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

WILLIAM B. CARPENTER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

GLOVE OR SHOE FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,198, dated April 11, 1 882.

I Application filed February 10, 1882. (No model To all whom it may concern "Be it known that I, WM. B. CARPENTER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Glove-Fasteners,fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in glove and shoe fasteners; and it consists in an improved fastening stud or hook, made of soluble plastic material, and fastened, when in use, to the supporting-strip by a cement made of the same or analogous material.

My invention will be understood by reference to the annexed drawings, which show that the hook or stud employed is provided with a flattened and bent shank, and that the latter, when in use, is secured by cement to a strip adapted to fit the glove or shoe to which the fasteners may be applied.

Figure 1 is a perspectivev view of a hook, a, provided with a flattened rectangular shank, I). Fig. 2 is a similar view ofza hook provided with a shank having holes or perforations 0 formed therein for the penetration of the ocment'. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a stud, (1, provided with a flattened shank, b, of oval outline. Fig. 4 is a similar view of a stud whose flattened shank has perforations formed in its edges for the penetration of the cement. Fig.

5 is a plan of a strip, (1, of suitable cloth, having four of my improved studs secured thereto by cement. Fig. 6 is a plan of a similar strip having three hooks cemented thereto and covered by a narrower strip, 0, the holes 0 being shown in the shanks of the hooks, through which the cement can unite the surfaces of the two strips 01 and 6. Fig. 7 is an end view of the double strip shown in Fig. 6, exhibiting the insertion of the shank 1) between the strips (1 and e.

The purpose of the invention is, first, to produce a hook or stud which may be fastened without sewing, riveting, or eyeleting, or the application of heat to soften the cement employed; and, second, to furnish the books or studs secured to a strip of tape or cloth, ready for fastening tothe opening of a glove or other article requiring such a device.

The first object is attained by forming the entire hook or stud of celluloid or other forms of pyroxyline and uniting it to the glove or an auxiliary strip by a cement of similar material. The use of such cement effects a softening of the hook itself where it is moistened and there is no penetration of the fabric into the substance of the button itself. The buttons or studs are thus much more liable to get loose than if made of a soluble material which is affected, as described, by the applicationof the cement.

To provide the makers of gloves or other articles with a strip of hooks or studs adapted for securing directly to the goods, I cement the same to such strips and furnish them to the trade by the yard, ready to be cut off and used in any desired lengths.

Celluloid and similar plastic materials are especially adapted to the manufacture of glove studs and hooks, for the reason that they can be made to match the colors of the kid and can be cemented so strongly to a strip of tape by a solution of the substance itself in alcohol and camphor, and as a kid glove nearly always has a strip of cloth sewed upon the inside along the edge of the opening, the tape to which I attach my books can be applied to the same part without any change in the glove itself,

and the books or studs projected through holes formed in the leather near the edge of the openin g, or be used along the edge of the same, as may be preferred.

When employed for certain purposes the shank of the hook or button may be still more strongly secured to the fabric by cementing it between two strips, as shown in Fig. 6, and providing perforations or notches in the foot of the shank, through which opposite parts of the two strips may penetrate and adhere. Such a construction also permits the cement to form a rivet between the fabrics where such perforations are formed, the cement producing, when dry, a-substance equivalent in character and strength to the shank itself, because made of the same material. The perforations c obviously effect this object equally by joining portions of the strips 61 and 0, whether formed in the foot or shank, as shown in Fig. 2, or as notches in the edge, like those shown in Fig. 4.. Great advantage also results to the user from the combination of the fasteners with the strips in bulk, as they can be spaced in the process of manufacture to suit any desired purpose, and when cut off and sewed upon the inside of the glove, as described, the buttons, hooks, or studs are in place also and properly adjusted.

I am aware that a method of securing. buttons, &c., byshellac has been already patented; but my invention differs from the same in being of a soluble substance--pyroxyline-and in being attached without the need of heat to soften the cement.

I am also aware that a shank shaped like those shown herein has been used for sewing 0r riveting on a hook; and I do not therefore claim such a shank.

Having fully set forth the novel features of 25 my device, I claim my invention as follows:

1. An improved button or hook provided with a shank of soluble celluloid, substantially as shown and described.

2. A button or hook having a shank of soluo ble celluloid, and provided with perforations or corrugations, as shown and described, for the purpose set forth.

3. As an improved manufacture, a strip of fabric provided with a series of buttons or 5 books, having shanks composed of soluble celluloid attached to the fabric by a solution of celluloid, adapted for use as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing 0 witnesses.

WILLIAM B. CARPENTER.

Witnesses:

THos. S. CRANE, SAMUEL H. BALDWIN. 

